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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780143036692
ISBN: 0143036696
Label: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Manufacturer: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: March 07, 2006
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Sales Rank: 8117
Studio: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Product Description:
A dazzling novel of passion and spirituality—the instant blockbuster bestseller from the author of The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd’s phenomenal debut, The Secret Life of Bees, became a runaway bestseller that is still on the New York Times bestseller list more than two years after its paperback publication. Now, in her luminous new novel, Kidd has woven a transcendent tale that will thrill her legion of fans. Telling the story of Jessie Sullivan—a love story between a woman and a monk, a woman and her husband, and ultimately a woman and her own soul—Kidd charts a journey of awakening and self-discovery illuminated with a brilliance that only a writer of her ability could conjure.
“Book clubs, start your engines. . . . [The Mermaid Chair] is a tapestry strengthened by bonds between women that bridge pain and loss.”
—USA Today
“The pages all but turn themselves.” —Parade
“Soulful in its probing of the human heart.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Kidd draws connections from the feminine to the divine to the erotic that a lesser writer wouldn’t see, and might not have the guts to follow.” —Time
“It’s hard to put this book down for things like eating and sleeping.” —Elle
Amazon.com Review:
Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair is the soulful tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. Like Kidd's stunning debut novel, The Secret Life of Bees, her highly anticipated follow up evokes the same magical sense of whimsy and poignancy.
While Kidd places an obvious importance on the role of mysticism and legend in this tale, including the mysterious mermaid's chair at the center of the island's history, the relationships between characters is what gives this novel its true weight. Once she returns to her childhood home, Jessie is forced to confront not only her relationship with her estranged mother, but her other emotional ties as well. After decades of marriage to Hugh, her practical yet conventional husband, Jessie starts to question whether she is craving an independence she never had the chance to experience. After she meets Brother Thomas, a handsome monk who has yet to take his final vows, Jessie is forced to decide whether passion can coexist with comfort, or if the two are mutually exclusive. As her soul begins to reawaken, Jessie must also confront the circumstances of her father's death, a tragedy that continues to haunt Jessie and Nelle over thirty years later.
By boldly tackling such major themes as love, betrayal, grief, and forgiveness, The Mermaid Chair forces readers to question whether moral issues can always be interpreted in black or white. It is this ability to so gracefully present multiple sides of a story that reinforces Kidd's reputation as a well-respected modern literary voice. --Gisele Toueg
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I think that the language in this book was beautiful. She did a fantastic job of creating a picturesque scene of her island setting. I loved the voice of the main character and her emotional ride. I thought the story was a bit unbelieveable at parts and the ending was a bit forced. But I really enjoyed it and would read again.
Rating:  -
This book is like one of those movies you go see where you stay until the end just to see if it will get any better and ultimately you realize you've wasted your time and money. I could not connect with any of the characters in the book and the main character I really did not like at all. She is selfish, uninteresting and really does not even come across as a talented artist (which is what we are to suppose she would have become had she not married and raised a child). This book is supposed to explore ... Read More
Rating:  -
Granted, this book is easy to read, but do we really want to? Yes, it examines the human heart, it's yearnings, failings, frailties, but there are other books out there that can get you to examine these issues in a more intelligent way. Her mother cutting off her fingers for what it turns out to be a RIDICULOUS reason. The RIDICULOUS conspiracy between a few old ladies and a respected monk? Oh My GOD! I was shocked once the story wrapped up and these revelations were made. What a waste of my time. ... Read More
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This is a great book. 5 stars. It makes you look inside yourself and think about your life's goals, destiny, the destination where your life's flow is taking you, are you on a right track, are you in charge of your own life, what makes you happy and unhappy, mother-daughter relationship, etc.
The ending is a positive one, it gives hope, but at the same time it's not a typical Hollywood-style "happy end".
Rating: -
This book is the most generic of Beach Books. Light and fluffy, with some Made For TV Movie drama thrown in (should she leave her husband? Why is her mother crazy?), it's engaging enough to be able to finish but I found it impossible to really like. The characters are standard (Crazy Mom, Sexy Other Guy, Hip Collegiate Daughter and the protagonist, while obviously supposed to be sympathetic and "deep," comes off as too beige, self-important and indecisive to respect.
If this book is lying ... Read More
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